This paper presents the trends of development and development of the Danube
Strategy, with a special emphasis on the pillars of the Danube Strategy. The four pillars of the
Danube Strategy were thoroughly analyzed, namely: Connecting the Danube Region,
Preserving the Environment in the Danube Region, Building Prosperity in the Danube
Region, Strengthening Institutional Capacities and Security. The Danube Strategy covered 14
Danube River Basin States: Germany (the federal states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Bavaria),
Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Czech
Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The total population of the
region is over 110 million inhabitants. The strategy is based on two documents: 1.
Communication of the European Commission to the European Parliament, the Council of the
European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
Regions on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region; 2. the corresponding Action Plan.